supo Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 oh boy.............., ive just gone and done it again. id had this head sitting abandoned, shaftless, listless and unhappy for a while. it was originally shafted with a stinger 60s, but i didnt like it, it ddnt suit , too pingy and light , so it must have been the head, bec i know htis shaft and its a beauty. so i abandoned it. like a rabid dog. till last night...................., i was at nakajimas getting some goodies adjusted and isaid what do i do about this , its a , wait for it. yen 68,000 head, thast the same as epon,! it sits next to the epon, so naturally it got my curiosity up.i bought it and it just didnt do it. he said look try this experiment put the 70x in it instead if it doent work well sell it for you, they go like hot potatoes to the underground driver crowd so i go sure why not nothing to loose. at the range last night hitting the best balls ive ever hit ,,,,,,the most consistant sesion ive had found my iron paly agn found my swing flaw and , well alst night i t was 100% cured. so i took this driver out for a run at 445.5 i was a bit iffy on it , thought it oo short , till i hit the screws on my first 10 shots and it split the netting in the middle of the range! wow baby......, this is NOTHING like the same club i abandoned that extra weight tighter torque and shorter length made this a totally differnt driver. i did some more research on this littel number and its......... assembled IN CHINA.............................! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..................... sac re bleu! the designer is rated no2 in japan ,behind the king at fourteen and prgr. he was the lead guy at dunlop for a long time i beleive. so his vintage is well , its gotta be ok. this is his own baby. just a beautiful looking driver head , nice head weight placement great balance very classic design why they made this in china im trying to find out but its a tthe same factory as calaway and taylor made , so my guy assures me its the bomb. all ican say is ,im gaming it this weekend to see how if it goes like it did last night , if it does, then i gotta problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 noooo.. nakajima-san! P = Pigeon..:) Matsuo-san is the designer, not #2 not even close. The top designers are teams from artist to player to cad designer then they submit to the factory and the factory actually has a say in the design and materials in many cases. The JDM Callaway like Legacy Apex is made by Endo so are a couple of their forged irons. Advanced owned by Dynamic (parent co. of Geotech I forget the chinese name) makes the TM woods and low end Callaway but not all of it. I don't think thats accurate because P-Tune doesn't have the volume to produce there. It could be one of many factories that produce parts for TM. Many think one factory makes it all but different processes are done in different areas. Sometimes volume is split among partner factories as well. It's very confusing. anywho I'm glad your rockin it solid is it the P106 or 206? It did pretty well in the D1 competition. The concept is weighting in 4 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwitown Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 ok I'm Curious. Pics of the head Please and some more info!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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supo Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 (edited) yea thats the one. really solid impact. doesnt feeel like theres any give. totally differnt style to yamaha and epon its more like ok point it there shoot it out there it lands, and it goes a really long was as well. yea iheard it came in the upper echelon for distance. but i think its more of a control driver rather than length differnt concpet underneath but it def works when u change the weights around. good looking club at address. i think i cud have even hit an akira straight last night tho . well see in the game my question to them at the trades show was how the hell do they get off charging the same for this as the epon when its made in china ??? this totally beffuddled me. if what i was told isnt the case then brrrrrrrr the price is way to high for these. still..., feels pretty darn good. Edited April 6, 2011 by supo67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eca Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Nice one Stew. Amazing how the extra weight made so much diff. The beast shaft is ready for oatlands tomorrow. No range sessions. Dibs on the Ryoma :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 For the better player Akira isn't actually a bad club. The reason why I say better player is because all of their releases are left overs from what their pro's in asia requested. they all fit the same type as the Jbeam 425. I'll bring some in mid month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 gamed this yesterday at my home course which is tight liike a tiger. no bad drives here or ur dead. small draws the most favourable shot for the best position. distance..........., very good ,i wasnt getting this pure for most of the day, i was hitting it high on the face, mostly in the middle of the club so direction was good all day but the loss of overall diatnce considering was very acceptable. the shots i got out of the screws were as long as anything else ive hit , there was no discernable differnce, i know this course so i know exactly where the ball ands up. and this driver was right on the mark. feel........., well, this is the biggest differnce in my usual prefered drivers. its super solid and hard in the face. the ball "tongs" not "wooooooooooshes" there is instant feedback to where uve hit the ball on the face. its a litle weird to get used to bec the feling of the epon nad co are so soft and homely, this is the exact opposite. for the first time i got to play the stinger shaft in a head that highlights the shafts properties and oh boy,is this thing taught! the shaft is probably too taught for me , playing at 44.5 inst ideal either, i like the 45 inch length best and i still grip down and try and turn it over, even at 44.5 when i did this it was hard to do, and i had the weights set to draw bias., look........., at address its a very confidence inspiring head. doesnt look like its a "hammer time" driver ,more of a placement tool , but the distance results are good. could always see a shape when i needed it ,and usually hit to that spot , small draws most of the day over all i liked this driver, its not he biggest badest dog on the block, nor is it a pussycat. its a good easy to hit solid impact driver, my thoughts are ill bag this on windy days. or on links , where i can get t he ball to run a bit and i dont have to go super hard and try and hit the green type of swing. its got a place, somewhere in the rotation , id htink a slightly softer flex shaft would be better tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 awesome stew, thanks for the update. So this is your windy driver huh, compared to the Jbeam 425 tour which one is lower and more stable in the wind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 the jbeam for sure thast the lowest wind buster there is. this one is totally differnt ,bec of the shaft. i think its prob a littele on the shorter side over all but it looks good i n the hands. i prefer the jbeam, but this exact set up is good. id like skipper to give this a whirl see what he thnks ,bec i actually think its too stout for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbs Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Chris, where are the Akiras made? Few years back, the Akiras and the Swords are big here, not anymore though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Akira is made in China. It's a great brand though a small part of Hitachi. We have a great relationship with Akira I will have their latest products in the proshop in a couple of weeks. The way it works is different. Their focus is on their tour players not their retail market, The tour player and designer comes up with what they want. They produce it at one of the better Chinese factories yet the minimum order purchase is a lot so there is a lot of Tour Issue products left over. They offer those to select club makers in Japan. Akira heads are slightly hotter than other brands, it's as if the entire batch is hand picked and if you ever hit it, they are not the most forgiving as its designed neutral with lower trajectories. The average player would say it's hard to hit. We only plan to sell the Tour Issue product. I've tested a bunch the trajectory reminds me of the Jbeam Tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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